Behringer DI600P Manual

ULTRA-DI DI600P

Thank you for showing confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing

the ULTRA-DI DI600P. The DI600P is a high-performance passive direct

injection box.

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Please read the safety instructions that appear at the end

of this document.

Being on stage or in the studio, musicians often look for ways to connect

certain signal sources directly to the mixing console. Even though this

approach has obvious advantages, there are still some technical hurdles

obstructing its implementation. For example, keyboards seldom feature

balanced outputs, and guitars can not be directly connected to mixing

consoles because of the high impedance of guitar signals.

The DI600P lets you

directly

tap into a high-impedance, unbalanced

signal—for example, the signal between a guitar and a guitar amp.

From there on, you can feed the signal directly to a mixing console.

1. Control Elements

(1)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(2)

Fig. 1: Top view

(1)

Use the

INPUT

(¼" TS) connector for connecting signal sources.

(2)

OUTPUT

(¼" TS). This is the unbalanced parallel output. Connect it to

the input of your backline or monitor amplifier.

Because the connectors

(1)

and

(2)

are wired in parallel, the OUTPUT

connector can be used both as an input and as a direct unbalanced output

of the INPUT signal. For the latter, you can for example connect OUTPUT

with the input of a monitor amplifier.

(3)

OUTPUT

(XLR): This is the balanced mic-level output. Use a

high-quality balanced microphone cable to establish connection.

(4)

Using the

GND LIFT

(ground lift) switch, you can fully separate input

and output grounding. Depending on how the equipment to which

your DI600P is connected is grounded, using the GND LIFT switch lets

you lower hum noise or ground loops. When the GND LIFT switch is in

LIFT position, the ground connection is interrupted.

(5)

The

INST/AMP

attenuation switch (30 dB) increases the operating

range of the DI600P considerably, from low signal levels of a

high-impedance mic or a guitar (INST), all the way to speaker

connectors of a guitar amplifier (AMP).

(6)

Switchable

FILTER

for guitar applications (7.5 kHz, -3 dB).

The

SERIAL NUMBER

of the DI600P is located at the bottom.

2. Applications

2.1 Connecting an instrument signal

Input

Output

Instrument Input

Microphone Input

Out

Fig. 2: Guitar



DI-box



guitar amp/mixer

This illustration shows the standard application of a DI-box. The signal

feeding the amplifier remains unchanged; it is simply taken and routed

into the amp. The low-impedance balanced signal is forwarded to the mic

input of the mixing console. This application has its advantages particularly

with bass guitars, because very few microphones can linearly transmit

bass frequencies with high signal levels. If you are using effects, insert the

DI600P after the effects device, so that you can monitor the effects via the

PA system or the recording as well.

2.2 Taking a signal from a speaker output

In

-30 dB!

- (black/negative)

+ (red/positive)

Out

Fig. 3: Connection to a power amp output

Sometimes, you want to take a signal directly from a speaker output,

even though just one speaker output is available. When you set the

INST/AMP switch to AMP, you can connect an amp output to your mixing

console (up to 3,000 Watts into 4 Ohms), without worrying that it will be

damaged due to overload!

Behringer DI600P Manual

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